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A person who had been granted the right to settle on land in exchange for recruiting and taking responsibility for new settlers.
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empresario
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a settlement of people
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colony
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A person who had been granted the right to settle on land in exchange for recruiting and taking responsibility for new settlers.
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a settlement of people
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In 1820, he proposed to the Spanish Governor of Texas to bring 300 families to Texas. He returned to Missouri to get his settlers, but died before his dream could be realized.
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Known as the "Father of Texas." He took over his father's land grant to start a colony in Texas. He recruited families in 1821, and within four years, he brought nearly 300 families to his colony.
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He was a rancher and empresario who received permission to form a colony in Texas in 1824. He established his colony and founded the town which is today the city of Victoria.
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An empresario who was allowed to bring 400 colonists to settle at Gonzales on the Guadalupe River. He is considered the second most influential empresario after Stephen F. Austin.
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This term refers to the first 300 families who received land grants to settle in Stephen F. Austin's colony.
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This allowed Anglo settlers to move to Texas. It also stated that no colony could be established within 10 leagues of the coast.
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This law promoted colonization and immigration to Texas. New settlers did not have to pay taxes for 10 years. Only requirements were to be Catholic and Mexican citizens of good character.
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This constitution made Mexico a republic. Power was shared between the state and national government. Mexico was reorganized into 19 states and 5 territories.
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Anglo Americans would leave signs on their property or homes that said, "Gone To Texas". They were in search of new areas to settle.
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Mexico is independent from spain
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People who come to a country to settle.
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An adventurer who engages in a privet rebellion activity in a foreign country.
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The era in Texas history that includes mexican independence, filibusters, and empresarios bringing the first american settlers to Texas.
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area of land granted to empresarios in exchange for bringing american settlers to live on the land.
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a spanish american living in Texas.
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volunteer soldiers
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"Mother of Texas', widow who received a land grant and created a profitable ranch
